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gothard Name Meaning and History

  1. English: occupational name for a keeper of goats, Middle English gotherde, from Old English gat ‘goat’ + hierde ‘herdsman’, ‘keeper’.
  2. German: from a personal name composed of the elements god ‘good’ or god, got ‘god’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.

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Distribution of gothard Families in the US in 1920
Number of gothard families
 19-36
 7-18
 1-6
 0
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